Retaining device for garment retainers



E. W. HAW'LEY. RETAINING DEVICE FOR GARMENT RETAINER S- APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2, 1921.

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E. W. HAWLEY. RETAINING DEVICE FORGARMENT R ETAI-NERS.

APPLlCATlON FILED JUNE 2. I92]- Patented Apr. 25, 1922.'

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RETAINING DEVICE r03 GARMENT RETAINER/S.

Application filed; June 2, 1921. serial No. 474,354.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, EUGENE 'lV. H W LE a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have inventeda new and useful Improvementin Retaining Defvices for Garment Retainers. of which the following-is a full, clear. and exact description reference being had to the accomp anying drawings, which form a part ,ofthis specification.

My invention relates to an irnproved device by means of which garments hung in the garment or hanger compartment of a wardrobe trunk will be pressed together. and

held against therear wall of the compartwill be inexpensive to manufacture and readily manipulated. 1

A somewhat similar device is disclosed in apatent issued to me July 25, 1916, .numbered 1.192.521, and said device is entirely feasible and practical. .The present application, however discloses an improved device which possesses 'many advantages and for certain purposes is better adapted for use 1n certaln .forms offtrunks, k

Having now indicated m a general ,way

the nature of my invention, I will proceed to describe a preferred embodiment thereof in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a wardrobe trunk, 'in open posit'ion,'embodyingmy in vention. f V i Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional View ofothe trunk shown in Fig. 1 showing theembodiment of my wardrobe from above.

Fig. 3 is a seotionalview on line -33 Figure2 V Fig. this a sectional View, with the trunk in closed position, showing anielevation. of a detail of my device.

. Th un She 9mP 1 dr we c9911} p tinen a; men d -W .th. .ir rter b, t

"the, back. Secured to the side and adjmiinl the top Ofthe hanger compartrnent ai' e rods.

(2 adapted forjthe support of clothes hangers f. Supporting frames J9" and ii, of channel section, are secured opposite each other, to the side walls of the compartment ,c, ,b,e.

I low the hanger supporting rods .,e The frame 9 isprovided in its side with a .plu-

rality of slots z'ywhile .the frame 71 is provided with a plurality of slots. .j which extend through its sideand top, A solid cover k normally. overlying the slots in .the

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I i Specification of Iietters Patent. Patented w ichi hi ga men e ha j mpartment c the lidfd of which is hinged to top of frame h is hinged on the frame and provided at its "forward end with anlextension m. The cover is made somewhat wider 7 than the width of the top ofthesupporting frame and its edge extends somewhat beyond the edge of the frame.

A garment retainer comprising a fraine n is secured to a cross piece ,0. which is provided at its ends with tongues 10,? adapted to beentered in the slots in the supporting tioned about midway of; therheightiof the frame n, and the tongues 19. go, are in width somewhat less than the width of the slots in frames 9 and h. Thus theretainer may be moved somewhat .out of the vertical in any adjusted position in order to;accommo- .date itself toithe difference in thickness at the top and bottom ofthe garments on the hangers. j A lug or stop g is secured to one of the drawers 6, in the drawer compartment, of

trunk is closed, by bringing thedrawer and 7 .frames 9 and h .to effect the support dfithe 7 retainer thereby. The: cross piece 0 is posi- .the trunk. in such a position that whenthe garment compartments .together,the stop 7 -W1ll overl e the extensionm' of cover has shown 1n Figure 4.

.If the operation ofi-the device, assuming the retainerto beout (of the'trrinkahd the garment compartment to be. packed, 17 116, 36-

c. tainer is putv in place-by inserting the tongue 39 in one of the slots 71 in fran efgg thei retainer is then manipulated :to bring tongue p" up under the edge-ofcover jk which is raised and maintained raised by the tongue; the free end of the retainer is then moved backward and the tongue p inserted into the proper slot j in the frame h which, as has been noted, extends through the top as well as the side of frame h. When the tongue p has been entered in frame h, the cover again assumes its position overlying the top of the frame and closing the slots in its top.

When the trunk is closed, the stop goverlies the extension m of the cover and it will be obvious that the cover is thereby prevented from raising or being raised to free slots j and the retainer cannot be removed from the supporting frame, no matter what position the trunk is placed in, or how it is handled.

The advantages of my invention will now be obvious and it will be noted that the garment retainer is securely locked when the trunk is closed, while at the same time when the trunk is open no obstacle is placed in the way of its ready removal and replacement. It will be further noted that after the retainer is placed in the supporting frames it will adjust itself out of the vertical to conform to the garments'at the top and bottom thereof and press them firmly together against the rear wall of the compartment.

It will be further noted that when the retainer is inserted in any of the slots of the supporting frame h, the cover Z; automatically assumes its normal position overlying and closing the portions of the slots 7' in the top of the frame, and that when the trunk is closed the cover 73 is automatically locked by the stop g assuming a position over the extension m on cover 70. It will also be noted that the operation of the device is entirely automatic and does not involve the use of springs or other devices liable to get out of order.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1."A wardrobe trunk comprising a compartment for garments, a closure-therefor, supporting frames oppositely positioned in said compartment, a garment retainer adj ustably supported by said frames, a cover extending along and over one of said supporting frames and movable toward and away therefrom in a direction at an angle to the longitudinal direction of extension of said supporting frame to prevent or permit removal of said garment retainer therefrom, and means carried by said closure adapted when said compartment is closed to lock said cover in position to prevent the removal of said retainer. I 2. A wardrobe trunk comprising a compartment for garments, a closure therefor, supporting frames oppositely disposed in said compartment, one of said frames being provided with a plurality of slots in its face, the other being provided with align ing slots in its face and top, a garment re tainer provided with oppositely extending tongues adapted to extend into said slots in the faces of said supporting frames, a cover adapted to removably overlie said last mentioned supporting frame and close the slots in the top thereof, and a stop carried by said closure and adapted when said compartment is closed to overlie said cover, lock it in position overlying said supporting frame, and prevent the removal of said retainer.

3. A wardrobe trunk comprising two compartments, supporting frames oppositely positioned in one compartment, one frame having a succession of outwardly opening recesses and the other frame having recesses opening outwardly and upwardly, a garment retainer, laterally projecting members on opposite sides thereof one of which is adapted to engage a recess of the first frame by a lateral movement of the retainer and the other of which is adapted to engage a recess of the second frame by moving downwardly into the same, and a cover adapted to extend over the second frame but movable upwardly to allow insertion and withdrawal of the corresponding retainer member, and means carried by the other compartment adapted, when said compartments are brought together to close the trunk, to prevent such lifting of said cover as to allow the withdrawal of the last named retainer member.

4:. A wardrobe trunk comprising two compartments, supporting frames oppositely positioned in one comartment, one frame having a succession of outwardly opening re- 'cesses and the other frame having recesses opening outwardly and upwardly, a garment retainer, laterally projecting members on opposite sides thereof one of which is adapted to engage a recess of the first frame by a lateral movement of the retainer and the other of which is adapted to engage a recess of the second frame by moving downwardly into the same, and a cover plate overlying the second frame and hinged on an axis extending along the top of the rear thereof.

5. 1 A wardrobe trunk comprising two compartments, supporting frames oppositely positioned in one compartment, one frame having a succession of outwardly opening recesses and the other frame having recesses opening outwardly and upwardly, a garment retainer, laterally projecting members on opposite sides thereof one of which is adapted to engage a recess of the first frame by a lateral movement of the retainer and the other of which is adapted to engage a recessof thesecond frame by moving downwardly into the same, a cover plate overlyto allow the Withdrawal of the last named ing the second frame and hinged on an axis retainer member. 7 extending along the top of the rear thereof, In testimony of which invention, I have 10 and means carried by the other comparthereunto set my hand, at Philadelphia, Pa, ment adapted, when said compartments are on this 28th day of May, 1921. brought together to close the trunk, to prevent the cover from swinging up on its axis EUGENE W. HAVLEY. 

